Economy

Antone Steynberg – A senior ICC lawyer has been quoted saying that the ICC might consider re-opening cases against President Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto should the opposition take over government in August. While this might be good news to victims of the 2007 Post-Election Violence, it could also hand the current government a

Last week I was invited to what was described as a “Global Think In” event, basically a series of conversations between academics on Columbia University’s New York campus and scholars and participants in nine Columbia Global Centers in cities around the world. The question we were asked to ponder was: What issue relating to the

Last night, I got home with an interesting Uber driver. After calling him about 5 times trying to direct him (yes, Ugandan Uber drivers and use of Google Maps are like oil and water. They just don’t connect), he found where I was. And guess what he had a passenger. This was a lady with

Kenya’s health sector is in urgent need of a cure. A doctors’ strike in public health facilities is today (Friday) on it’s fourth day with more than 20 lives which could have been saved now lost. Watching the evening news over the past four days has become a depressing affair. Images of guardians forced to

The introduction of bond notes in Zimbabwe has not been as apocalyptic as predicted by critics. Nor has it been as positive as anticipated by those that support their introduction. And in both cases, the politics of the bond notes has been muted. Despite some demonstrations planned and threats of arrest and detention of those

Zambia’s economy was ranked among the ten fastest growing economies in the world and among the first four in Sub Saharan Africa in very recent times. Zambia’s economic growth has now plunged to its lowest point in over a decade now staggering around 3% from a previous average growth rate of 6.9%. Zambia’s international reserves,

We are all default economists in Zimbabwe now. Or at least some sort of experts in asset management and financial services. Mainly because of the collective national panic over the introduction of bond notes at the end of this month. It all begins with those that have savings of one form or the other. Whether

Last week in Kenya, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, James Macharia, unveiled the latest government weapon in the war to, in the hackneyed words beloved by our media, “bring sanity to our roads” – instant fines. He gazetted a new list of list of “minor traffic violations” and the corresponding penalties to be paid on

The Saudi Arabian government, through the Saudi Fund for Development, has offered a US$20 million revolving fund to supply cheap oil to Zambia and reduce domestic fuel prices for the next five years. The oil money, which is being offered at a 3.5% interest, is meant to reduce Zambia’s fuel prices which are one of

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ tells his followers the parable of the Good Samaritan. A man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho is attacked by robbers who strip him and beat him. Both a priest and a Levite (respected members of society from whom a higher moral standard is expected) pass him by without

We reporters in Zambia must start researching, we need to learn about health conditions. These fake stories we write about people "crashlanding" one will be sued and lose the case in court. These old people we find naked suffer from mental problems while others have dementia.

These prices can’t explain how much/ what one can do with that monthly data bundle. For most folks it doesn’t even last a month anyway - forcing them to use very limited internet in the name of saving bundle. See the figures here: kainjasite.wordpress…twitter.com/mynassah…

Eriterians and South Sudanese are fleeing from dictatorship and genocide but are being sent to Rwanda and Uganda as if these are the best countries in Africa that can provide standards that would give hope these refugees. From One dictatorship to another.

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